May I please have your number?

Is there anything wrong with the above question?

It’s an innocent question, right?

Well,according to many of my friends there is something wrong with it. According to them asking for a girl’s number should be a statement, not a question. A guy should after chatting with a girl, say something along the lines of, “hey, I really enjoyed talking to you and I’d love it if we hung out some time, so hook me up with your number.”They say that when you ask for the number with a question like “may I please have your number?” you show that you doubt yourself and that you’re expecting her to say no. And chances are she will say no. They say you should look and sound confident when you speak to a woman if you want a good response from her. But this isn’t the only problem my friends have with the above question. The word PLEASE is apparently a huge turn off as well. Apparently, each time you ask for a girl’s number you should find another polite way of asking and avoid saying PLEASE, because it makes you seem like you NEED her number in your life – that you are DESPERATE for it and don’t have any “OTHER OPTIONS”. These are the same guys who like to play games with girls. They make out that dating girls is the same as playing a game of chess, you try to outsmart or trick each other into doing what you like,when you like, and how you like, at every chance you get. In their opinion girls are like taxis, if you miss one you can catch another one around the corner. But where does this leave those of us who don’t want to play the game – who don’t want to follow the ’rules’ (seriously, I’m one of them). I have never been an expert at lying and tricking people into doing what I want. I have always been a guy who says PLEASE. So where does that leave me, and all those guys like me out there? Does it mean that we’ll never get girls numbers or go on dates, just because we’re too polite?

According to a woman I spoke to in a taxi the other day (she’s in her thirties, I’m just guessing), not all hope is lost. “Just because a lot of people out there see love as a game doesn’t mean it will always be like that. When you’re in your thirties you don’t have time to play games. There are more important things on your mind like how to keep your job and how to find a husband or wife who’ll love and respect you.”

So talk to me, then.

Tell me what you think.

#ChatBack: Do you think that saying PLEASE when asking for a girl’s number means that

you’re desperate or does it mean that you have good manners?

And if saying PLEASE isn’t the best way of asking for a number, what is the best way…. #BoysAbr3 ooo?